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Araiza, Ricardo – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this replication study was to determine the degree to which teachers and administrators in selected low-achieving Title I elementary schools: 1. Report that they teach the following test-taking skills to prepare their students to take the CST: establishing an appropriate student attitude toward testing, familiarity with the…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Test Wiseness, Middle Schools, Test Content
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Xu, Yun; Wu, Zunmin – Assessing Writing, 2012
This paper reports on a qualitative research study into the test-taking strategies employed in completing two picture prompt writing tasks--Situational Writing and Interpretational Writing in the Beijing Matriculation English Test. Think-aloud and retrospective interview protocols were collected from twelve Chinese students representing two key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Test Wiseness
Prager, Erika K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Universities are using standardized tests more and more as part of their accountability and assessment of student learning efforts. For the results of these tests to be useful in improving practices that lead to greater learning, they must be meaningful and specific to institutions. The researcher sought to determine how student characteristics,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Evaluation, Standardized Tests
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White, Diana L.; Newton-Curtis, Linda; Lyons, Karen S. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to empirically test items of a new measure designed to assess person-directed care (PDC) practices in long-term care. Design and Methods: After reviewing the literature, we identified five areas related to PDC: personhood, comfort care, autonomy, knowing the person, and support for relationships. We also…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Health Services, Test Items, Test Reliability
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Arbuthnot, Keena – Harvard Educational Review, 2009
Although research has extensively documented sources for differential item functioning and stereotype threat--especially among women and black college students--little is known about group differences in test-taking strategies among black adolescent students. In this article, Arbuthnot presents findings from two studies that seek to explore how…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, African American Students, Grade 8, Standardized Tests
Pless, Anica – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Test anxiety creates problems for many students, and can have a negative impact on the academic performance of many who suffer from it (Jones & Petruzzi, 1995). Typical treatment components for test anxiety involve psychoeducation, relaxation training, gradual exposure, cognitive restructuring, study skills training, and relapse prevention.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Study Skills, Test Anxiety, Control Groups
Walker, Karen – Principals' Partnership, 2010
Much has been written about student preparation for standardized tests such as: get enough sleep, do not eat sugary food or drinks, eat a well-balanced meal, wear comfortable clothing, bring appropriate supplies especially extra #2 pencils, answer every question, write neatly and legibly, deduce wrong answers immediately and use all of the time…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Testing, Standardized Tests, Test Items
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Twist, Liz; Sainsbury, Marian – Educational Research, 2009
Background: In England, there are concerns about boys' under-achievement in reading, and girls consistently do better than boys in national reading tests taken by 11-year-olds. At the same time, there have been accusations of bias in the content of the reading tests. Purpose: This article looks at the performance of boys and girls on the 2008…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Females, Reading Tests, Foreign Countries
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Watson, Larry; Hegar, Rebecca L.; Patton, Joy D. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2011
This article presents a model of collaboration between a state child welfare licensing division and a public university to develop and administer online examinations for persons seeking licensure as administrators of residential child care facilities or child placing agencies. The exams assess knowledge of state standards and various practice…
Descriptors: Placement, State Standards, Child Welfare, Cooperation
US Department of Education, 2008
"Helping Your Child Succeed in School" is a brochure that provides parents with information, tools and activities they can use in the home to help their child develop the skills critical to academic success. This brochure was drawn from the larger booklet in the "Helping Your Child" series, "Helping Your Child Succeed in School" (ED503162) which…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, Skill Development, Academic Achievement
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Songlee, Dalhee; Miller, Susan P.; Tincani, Matt; Sileo, Nancy M.; Perkins, Peggy G. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of teaching the Test-Taking Strategy to high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) through an intensive after-school program. Four secondary students participated in the study (i.e., one 11th, one 10th, one 8th, and one 6th grader). A multiple-probe design with four…
Descriptors: Test Coaching, Test Wiseness, Adolescents, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Haynie, W. J., III – Technology Teacher, 2008
Much of the learning in technology education is hands-on and best assessed via techniques other than traditional tests. Rubrics have become increasingly recognized as the best means of evaluating student efforts and accomplishments in projects, group work, presentations, various types of research papers, videotapes, web pages, and many other…
Descriptors: Test Items, Technology Education, Teachers, Teacher Made Tests
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Vuk, Jasna; Morse, David T. – Research in the Schools, 2009
In this study we observed college students' behavior on two self-tailored, multiple-choice exams. Self-tailoring was defined as an option to omit up to five items from being scored on an exam. Participants, 80 undergraduate college students enrolled in two sections of an educational psychology course, statistically significantly improved their…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement, Correlation
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Yanagawa, Kozo; Green, Anthony – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
The purpose of this study is to examine whether the choice between three multiple-choice listening comprehension test formats results in any difference in listening comprehension test performance. The three formats entail (a) allowing test takers to preview both the question stem and answer options prior to listening; (b) allowing test takers to…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Test Construction, Listening Comprehension Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
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Van Der Wege, Mija; Barry, Leslie A. – College Teaching, 2008
Environmental context can affect memory retrieval in a wide range of situations. The authors investigate the relationship between the location of a collegiate final examination and student performance. Although several other studies have looked at the impact of environmental context on test taking, this study does so in a real-world environment,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Educational Environment, College Students, Scores
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